(Jonathan) Daniel Omolo was an

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bishop in

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during the last third of the twentieth century. Omolo was educated at

St. Paul's University, Limuru St. Paul's University, is a private Christian ecumenical University with its main campus in Limuru, Kiambu County Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika. Kiambu Co ...

. He was

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in 1957 and priest in 1959. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 p764: London;

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; 1976 Omolo was

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Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Kenya by population, third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victor ...

from 1972 to 1976 and Provost of St Stephen's Cathedral, Kisumu from 1976 to 1982. He was

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of Maseno South from 1982 to 1985 and Bishop of Maseno West from 1985 to 1991. Gitari, David. ''Troubled but not Destroyed: Autobiography'
p. 58
(Accessed 21 February 2020)

References

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